Homeland Security

Subcommittee on Homeland Security

Purpose: This funding will support construction
of an Emergency Operations Center in Sprague, Washington, to provide
integrated fire and police emergency response in Lincoln County.

Importance: The Emergency Operations Center
will enhance safety in Lincoln County and allow more reliable police
and fire emergency response in a rural county larger than the state of
Delaware along with an important section of the Interstate 90 corridor
to which local resources frequently must respond for emergency calls.

Purpose: This funding would support the
purchase and installation of a security system in the Downtown Seattle
Transit Tunnel to detect threats and allow rapid and effective
emergency, fire and law enforcement response.

Importance: Acquiring detection technology to
provide early warning is a prudent response to possible threats related
to the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel that would harm transit riders,
employees, and critical infrastructure in the heart of downtown
Seattle.